The SfAA Podcast Archive

How We Think, Work and Write about Migration, Part II - Guzman translated by Feidenberg

How We Think, Work and Write about Migration, Part II 
 
CHAIRS: FREIDENBERG, Judith (UMD) and DURAND, Jorge (U Guadalajara) 
 
PANELISTS: UNTERBERGER, Alayne (FICS), BOEHM, Deborah A. (UNR), SPREHN, Maria (Montgomery Coll), WULFF, Robert M. (GMU) DISCUSSANTS: VÉLEZ-IBÁÑEZ, Carlos G. (ASU), GRIFFITH, David (ECU)
FREIDENBERG, Judith (UMD) and DURAND, Jorge (U Guadalajara) How We Think, Work and Write about Migration, Parts I-II. The wide and enthusiastic response to the question posed in Practicing Anthropology (38.1), “How do we talk about migration” encourages taking another step and suggest new avenues for discussion: what geo-political perspective do we use to study migration, how do we analyze migration and what theoretical perspective frames our positioning; how, and from which disciplines, do we approach research topics and how do we write them up; who do we address, and what is the dominant narrative in our work. We propose four axes for discussion: the geo-political perspective, the analytical approach, the disciplinary option and the narrative practice
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Ethnobotany, Food, and Identity - Q&A

Ethnobotany, Food, and Identity
 
CHAIR: FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC)
 
FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC) Traditional Maya Medical Practices, Ethnobotany, and Western Medicine GRIFFITH, Lauren and GRIFFITH, Cameron (TTU), CHO, Juan (Ixcacao) Agree-culture as Local Ecological Knowledge GAMWELL, Adam (Brandeis U) Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy
 
FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC) Traditional Maya Medical Practices, Ethnobotany, and Western Medicine. This paper explores ethnobotany and traditional Maya of Central America medical practices and how they may be used in conjunction with Western Medicine. I argue that small-scale neighborhood and community utilization of plants traditionally used by the Maya for medical purposes, as a supplement to our more mainstream practices, would lead to a more sustainable medical practice. I use ethnographic data from time spent with a Maya indigenous knowledge scholar and the existing ethnobotany literature to analyze the possibilities for a practical application of these ideas, such as community gardens and community development programs that include education on such practices.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Ethnobotany, Food, and Identity - Gamwell

Ethnobotany, Food, and Identity
 
CHAIR: FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC)
 
FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC) Traditional Maya Medical Practices, Ethnobotany, and Western Medicine GRIFFITH, Lauren and GRIFFITH, Cameron (TTU), CHO, Juan (Ixcacao) Agree-culture as Local Ecological Knowledge GAMWELL, Adam (Brandeis U) Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy
 
FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC) Traditional Maya Medical Practices, Ethnobotany, and Western Medicine. This paper explores ethnobotany and traditional Maya of Central America medical practices and how they may be used in conjunction with Western Medicine. I argue that small-scale neighborhood and community utilization of plants traditionally used by the Maya for medical purposes, as a supplement to our more mainstream practices, would lead to a more sustainable medical practice. I use ethnographic data from time spent with a Maya indigenous knowledge scholar and the existing ethnobotany literature to analyze the possibilities for a practical application of these ideas, such as community gardens and community development programs that include education on such practices.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Ethnobotany, Food, and Identity - Griffith

Ethnobotany, Food, and Identity
 
CHAIR: FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC)
 
FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC) Traditional Maya Medical Practices, Ethnobotany, and Western Medicine GRIFFITH, Lauren and GRIFFITH, Cameron (TTU), CHO, Juan (Ixcacao) Agree-culture as Local Ecological Knowledge GAMWELL, Adam (Brandeis U) Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy
 
FOWLER, Emily E. (UIC) Traditional Maya Medical Practices, Ethnobotany, and Western Medicine. This paper explores ethnobotany and traditional Maya of Central America medical practices and how they may be used in conjunction with Western Medicine. I argue that small-scale neighborhood and community utilization of plants traditionally used by the Maya for medical purposes, as a supplement to our more mainstream practices, would lead to a more sustainable medical practice. I use ethnographic data from time spent with a Maya indigenous knowledge scholar and the existing ethnobotany literature to analyze the possibilities for a practical application of these ideas, such as community gardens and community development programs that include education on such practices.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Think about Your Methods, Then Think Again SASci - Augustin

Think about Your Methods, Then Think Again SASci
 
CHAIR: WELLER, Susan C. (UTMB)
 
WELLER, Susan C. and VICKERS, Ben (UTMB), BERNARD, H. Russell (ASU/UF) Sample Size: Saturation, Domain Size, & Salience TURNLEY, Jessica Glicken (Galisteo Consulting) When Data Isn’t Data: Unpacking the Term across the Sciences AUGUSTIN, Caitlin (U Miami/DataKind), CHENG, Samantha (NCEAS), MINNICH, Robert (Columbia U/DataKind), and ANZAROOT, Sam (DataKind) Efficient Systematic Mapping: New Methods for Analysis and Effective Communication of Results to Community Partners for Conservation Policy Decision-Making 
 
WELLER, Susan C. and VICKERS, Ben (UTMB), BERNARD, H. Russell (ASU/UF) Sample Size: Saturation, Domain Size, & Salience. Sample size estimation for open-ended interviewing relies primarily on custom. In an analysis of 28 examples of free-lists (total n=1147) the median sample size for reaching saturation was 75 (range n=15-194) and salience indices, including the proportion of people in a sample that mentioned an item, were highly correlated. Because sample proportions estimate population proportions, sample size for qualitative studies can be guided by the desired level of salience one hopes to observe. Since many domains are large and unbounded, item salience is a more useful concept than saturation in guiding sample size decisions for qualitative studies.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Think about Your Methods, Then Think Again SASci - Turnley

Think about Your Methods, Then Think Again SASci)
 
CHAIR: WELLER, Susan C. (UTMB)
 
WELLER, Susan C. and VICKERS, Ben (UTMB), BERNARD, H. Russell (ASU/UF) Sample Size: Saturation, Domain Size, & Salience TURNLEY, Jessica Glicken (Galisteo Consulting) When Data Isn’t Data: Unpacking the Term across the Sciences AUGUSTIN, Caitlin (U Miami/DataKind), CHENG, Samantha (NCEAS), MINNICH, Robert (Columbia U/DataKind), and ANZAROOT, Sam (DataKind) Efficient Systematic Mapping: New Methods for Analysis and Effective Communication of Results to Community Partners for Conservation Policy Decision-Making 
 
WELLER, Susan C. and VICKERS, Ben (UTMB), BERNARD, H. Russell (ASU/UF) Sample Size: Saturation, Domain Size, & Salience. Sample size estimation for open-ended interviewing relies primarily on custom. In an analysis of 28 examples of free-lists (total n=1147) the median sample size for reaching saturation was 75 (range n=15-194) and salience indices, including the proportion of people in a sample that mentioned an item, were highly correlated. Because sample proportions estimate population proportions, sample size for qualitative studies can be guided by the desired level of salience one hopes to observe. Since many domains are large and unbounded, item salience is a more useful concept than saturation in guiding sample size decisions for qualitative studies.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Think about Your Methods, Then Think Again SASci -Weller

Think about Your Methods, Then Think Again SASci)
 
CHAIR: WELLER, Susan C. (UTMB)
 
WELLER, Susan C. and VICKERS, Ben (UTMB), BERNARD, H. Russell (ASU/UF) Sample Size: Saturation, Domain Size, & Salience TURNLEY, Jessica Glicken (Galisteo Consulting) When Data Isn’t Data: Unpacking the Term across the Sciences AUGUSTIN, Caitlin (U Miami/DataKind), CHENG, Samantha (NCEAS), MINNICH, Robert (Columbia U/DataKind), and ANZAROOT, Sam (DataKind) Efficient Systematic Mapping: New Methods for Analysis and Effective Communication of Results to Community Partners for Conservation Policy Decision-Making 
 
WELLER, Susan C. and VICKERS, Ben (UTMB), BERNARD, H. Russell (ASU/UF) Sample Size: Saturation, Domain Size, & Salience. Sample size estimation for open-ended interviewing relies primarily on custom. In an analysis of 28 examples of free-lists (total n=1147) the median sample size for reaching saturation was 75 (range n=15-194) and salience indices, including the proportion of people in a sample that mentioned an item, were highly correlated. Because sample proportions estimate population proportions, sample size for qualitative studies can be guided by the desired level of salience one hopes to observe. Since many domains are large and unbounded, item salience is a more useful concept than saturation in guiding sample size decisions for qualitative studies.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Linking Archaeology, Museums and Communities - Q&A

Linking Archaeology, Museums and Communities
 
CHAIR: THACKER, Paul (WFU)
 
THACKER, Paul (WFU) Consecrated Authenticities and Heritage Preservation Dissonance in Post-Katrina New Orleans TREMBLAY, Adrienne (SWCA Env Consultants) Switching Gears: Flexibility and Adaptability in Cultural Resource Management WOLFORTH, Lynne M. (UHH) and ANDERSON, Clint K.P. (Kameheameha Sch) Bringing Historic Hawaiʻi to Life: New Directions in Teaching with Museum Artifacts for the Hawaiian Language Immersion School WOOD, W. Warner and PACIFICO, David B. (UWM) Notes toward Assembling an Anarchist Museum Anthropology STINE, Linda F. (UNCG) Linkages in Community- Engaged Archaeology 
 
THACKER, Paul (WFU) Consecrated Authenticities and Heritage Preservation Dissonance in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Disaster contexts frequently expose multidimensional conflicts between national and international preservation ethics and local heritage constructs and values. Community narratives and opposition to national preservation management regulations powerfully shaped Post-Katrina preservation action in New Orleans. Content analysis of the public hearings and the iterative process determining the Section 106 preservation action for, and eventual demolition of, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Gentilly reveals the significance of locally-constructed New Orleans authenticities and heritage values. Stakeholder priorities were correlated with residence location, regional employment, gender, and community engagement. Understanding these dynamics of dissonance is important for developing meaningful community-based heritage management Strategies.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Linking Archaeology, Museums and Communities - Wolforth

Linking Archaeology, Museums and Communities
 
CHAIR: THACKER, Paul (WFU)
 
THACKER, Paul (WFU) Consecrated Authenticities and Heritage Preservation Dissonance in Post-Katrina New Orleans TREMBLAY, Adrienne (SWCA Env Consultants) Switching Gears: Flexibility and Adaptability in Cultural Resource Management WOLFORTH, Lynne M. (UHH) and ANDERSON, Clint K.P. (Kameheameha Sch) Bringing Historic Hawaiʻi to Life: New Directions in Teaching with Museum Artifacts for the Hawaiian Language Immersion School WOOD, W. Warner and PACIFICO, David B. (UWM) Notes toward Assembling an Anarchist Museum Anthropology STINE, Linda F. (UNCG) Linkages in Community- Engaged Archaeology 
 
THACKER, Paul (WFU) Consecrated Authenticities and Heritage Preservation Dissonance in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Disaster contexts frequently expose multidimensional conflicts between national and international preservation ethics and local heritage constructs and values. Community narratives and opposition to national preservation management regulations powerfully shaped Post-Katrina preservation action in New Orleans. Content analysis of the public hearings and the iterative process determining the Section 106 preservation action for, and eventual demolition of, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Gentilly reveals the significance of locally-constructed New Orleans authenticities and heritage values. Stakeholder priorities were correlated with residence location, regional employment, gender, and community engagement. Understanding these dynamics of dissonance is important for developing meaningful community-based heritage management Strategies.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.

Linking Archaeology, Museums and Communities - Stine

Linking Archaeology, Museums and Communities
 
CHAIR: THACKER, Paul (WFU)
 
THACKER, Paul (WFU) Consecrated Authenticities and Heritage Preservation Dissonance in Post-Katrina New Orleans TREMBLAY, Adrienne (SWCA Env Consultants) Switching Gears: Flexibility and Adaptability in Cultural Resource Management WOLFORTH, Lynne M. (UHH) and ANDERSON, Clint K.P. (Kameheameha Sch) Bringing Historic Hawaiʻi to Life: New Directions in Teaching with Museum Artifacts for the Hawaiian Language Immersion School WOOD, W. Warner and PACIFICO, David B. (UWM) Notes toward Assembling an Anarchist Museum Anthropology STINE, Linda F. (UNCG) Linkages in Community- Engaged Archaeology 
 
THACKER, Paul (WFU) Consecrated Authenticities and Heritage Preservation Dissonance in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Disaster contexts frequently expose multidimensional conflicts between national and international preservation ethics and local heritage constructs and values. Community narratives and opposition to national preservation management regulations powerfully shaped Post-Katrina preservation action in New Orleans. Content analysis of the public hearings and the iterative process determining the Section 106 preservation action for, and eventual demolition of, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Gentilly reveals the significance of locally-constructed New Orleans authenticities and heritage values. Stakeholder priorities were correlated with residence location, regional employment, gender, and community engagement. Understanding these dynamics of dissonance is important for developing meaningful community-based heritage management Strategies.
 
Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.